Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Genus: Phenacoscorpius

(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Phenacoscorpius adenensis
[Toothed no-line scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.3 cm SL
 
Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.2 cm SL
 
Phenacoscorpius longicaudalis
[Australian no-line scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
 
Phenacoscorpius longilineatus
[Southern no-line scorpionfish]

Photo by CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
Phenacoscorpius longirostris Motomura & Last, 2009

Photo by Photo by CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
 
Phenacoscorpius longirostris
[Longsnout No-line Scorpionfish]

Photo by Wibowo & Motomura, 2017

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri Wibowo & Motomura, 2017

Photo by Photo by Wibowo & Motomura, 2017
 
Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri
[McCosker's no-line scorpionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific
Max. Length 13.5 cm TL
Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Phenacoscorpius megalops
[Noline scorpionfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Phenacoscorpius nebris
[Short-tube scorpionfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Phenacoscorpius adenensis Toothed no-line scorpionfish Indo-West Pacific. 10 TL 1939
Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Southeast Pacific 13.3 SL 1992
Phenacoscorpius longicaudalis Australian no-line scorpionfish Eastern Indian Ocean 8.2 SL 2022
Phenacoscorpius longilineatus Southern no-line scorpionfish Southwestern Pacific 10.5 SL 2012
Phenacoscorpius longirostris Longsnout No-line Scorpionfish Southwest Pacific 6.3 SL 2009
Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri McCosker's no-line scorpionfish Southeast Pacific 10.1 SL 2017
Phenacoscorpius megalops Noline scorpionfish Pacific 13.5 TL 1938
Phenacoscorpius nebris Short-tube scorpionfish Western Atlantic 10 TL 1965



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